Elon Musk Hyperloop Unveiled: Speedy 'Pods' Would Go Up to 800 MPH

Inventor Elon Musk unveiled his super-fast travel idea Monday called the "Hyperloop," which he says could take people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in half an hour and is completely safe, fast, and self-powered.

While the claims may seem a bit tough to believe, Musk has put his visionary abilities behind other future-thinking projects like the Tesla and a private space travel company.

“I think I kind of shot myself by ever mentioning the Hyperloop,” Musk said, according to the AP. “I don’t have any plans to execute because I must remain focused on SpaceX and Tesla.”

Still, he plans to publish the design and expects to get feedback from people who see ways to improve it.

“It sounds fanciful, and maybe it is,” Slate.com said. “Don’t be surprised if the biggest obstacles to the Hyperloop turn out to be bureaucratic rather than technological. After all, we’ve known how to build bullet trains for half a century, and look how far that has gotten us.”